Wheelbarrow



(No Model.)

G. W. THOMAS.

WHBBLBARROW Patented Nov. 14, 1882...

IJV'VENTOR Geo/:ge T/wmas.

IINTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. THOMAS, OF TOLEDO, OHlO.

WHEELBARROW.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,615, dated November 14, 1882.

Application filed September 2:2, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. THOMAS, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas 'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vheelbarrows, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to provide a wheelba-rrow that shall combine simplicity of construction with strength and lightness; and it consists in certain improvements on the well-known tray-barrow, the details ofV which are hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a bottom View, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional View.

The rails A A are connected and held at a iixed distance apart by the cross-pieces B B B, and constitute the handles of the barrow and aiord a bearing for the Wheel. The tray or hopper O is secured to the rails and crosspieces bysuitable bolts or screws. These parts are old and may be of any well-known construction. The legs D D are made of hard woodor metal bent into a bow shape and eX- tend under the rails in a gradual curve from the front to the back ot' the tray. The ends of the legs are secured preferably to the outsides of the rails, and the front ends extend up above the rails to form braces or supports c a. for the front of the tray. Each leg D and brace a is in one continuous piece, and a cross- (No model.)

l. The combination of the rails, the tray, the

curved legs, the extensions ot' which constitute braces tor the t'rontof thetray, and braces which support the rear side of the trayindependently of the legs, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination ot' the rails, the crosspieces, the tray, the curved legs and braces c a, each leg and brace formed in one continuous -piece, the cross-piece E, and the independent braces F F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Illiave hereunto subscribed my name this 16th day of September, A. D. 1882.

GEO. 1V. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

C. AUOHARD, W. E. BROWN. 

